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FIVE GENERATIONS are pictured. Karl, the two-and-a-half month old
baby, is held by the mother, Mrs. Laurie Bridges. Standing, left to right, are
great-great-grandmother Mrs. June Koch of Shelton, Grandmother Mrs. Pat
Smith of Morton and great-grandmother Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Shelton.
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proven unovoI 0
~/here in the State of suppliers contacted by Grange
1 get canning News.
, le letter after the One of the largest suppliers in
western Washington, Aetna
Bottling Company of Seattle, ran
of jar canning out of lids weeks ago and has
non-existent, been informed by manufacturers
o the numerous - Kerr, Ball, Bernardin - there
will be no more this year.
"Within the past couple of
weeks I've returned dozens of
CI b le tiers containing hundreds of
U dollars," said Joe Combs, owner
of Aetna. "And people, customers
from past years, have formed lines
in front of my door."
Club wil Mr. Combs said he had
Elks Lodge a; hundreds of cases of jars -- with
to make i lids, which is the situation at most
the Hoquian supermarkets and other regular
, outlets .........
"We also have a good stock of
'' the white lids," said Mr. Combs.
to meet "But they are commercial lids and
can be used only for cold packs
and hot water bath canning, not
with for pressure canning."
ved afer Mr. Combs explained the
t shortage of lids was due more to
• the recent spiral of home canning
'1"l due to the recession than to any
/rl
omas nationwide "plan" to force-feed
PI dg jars on consumers.
e e "Prior to 1974," Mr. Combs
Thomas of explained, "we had a 10-year
history of everybody living out of
a plelge tin cans. The result was that lid
[appa fau manufacturers got rid of their
gton Sate machines. Well, the recession hit,
as did a metal shortage, and
manufacturers just couldn't tool ,.
up fast enough to supply the
demand."
to be acid And there is plenty of
il the hoarding going on, according to
will Mr. Combs.
coninue "I heard of one lady the other
day - and I believe it - that had
Je
six cases or 4,320 lids in her
basement," he said. "That's more
lids than she could use in five
years."
There appears little hope the
situation will get better soon.
One manufacturing firm, the
Bernardin Bottle Cap Company of
Evansville, Indiana, said it is
increasing production by 200%
this yem, bul fire demand for
replacement lids is about 1,000%,
according to a company
spokesman.
Virginia Knauer's Office of
Consumer Affairs in Washington,
D.C., estimates that there will be
a surplus of about lO0 million jar
and lid units this year.
"People want lids, not jars,"
said a spokesman. "They have
basements full of jars."
~. Se,eral styles
ter 8 suede.
426-9206
en s
Some vegetables, according to
authorities, are best preserved by
freezing; for others, canning may
be recommended, but with the
current shortage of jar lids many
persons have turned to
dehydration methods.
"Many people," states Bob
Jayettes to meet
in Swartos home
Shelton Jayettes will
welcome all women in the
community who are 18 years of
age or older, who are seeking
ways to serve and better the
city, who are interested in
meeting others with similar'
interests.
The group will meet at 8
p.m. tonight in the home of Pat
Swartos. Topics to be discussed
will include projects for coming
months and state fall board
meetings to be held on October
4 and S.
Meetings are held on the
second and fourth Thursdays of
each month in the homes of
membei's. For more in-
formation call Pam Hibbert at
426-4542.
Club meets
The first meeting of the year
for Pizzicato Music Club was
held September 16 in the home
of Karen Kramer. Goal for the
year is increased membership.
National Federation of
Junior Music Club's Junior
Collect was sung and was
followed by the junior pledge.
Hymn of the month, "America,
the Beautiful," was lead by
Michelle Williams.
Organization of committees
was followed by a program. The
theme for September was
Negro spirituals.
Michelle Williams gave a
talk on the history of Negro
spirituals and spoke of how they
came into being. Belinda
Nielsen, self-accompanied on
piano, sang "Were You
There?." Michelle Williams
sang and played the guitar to "l
Want to be Ready."
The theme for next month's
meeting is "Marches."
By Music Club Reporter
Karen Kramer
ays
crops
Bearden, Skokomish Valley
gardener whose 13 entries in the
recent Mason County Fair won a
dozen blue ribbons and a red,
"overlook the simplest and most
satisfactory procedure of all when
they harvest their root crops -
e
they ought to be left in the
ground."
Both Bearden and the Mason
County Cooperative Extension
Service agree that carrots, beets,
parsnips, rutabagas, turnips and
Jerusalem artichokes should be
\
BOB BEARDEN, a blue-ribbon gardener of the Skokomish
Valley, recommends that root crops be left in the ground.
DPW to meet
Daughters of Pioneers will
meet at noon next Thursday at
Taylor Towne.
Rummage sale set
A rummage sale is
scheduled for Saturday in
Pickering clubhouse between
the hours of 9 a.m. and S p.m.
Save on the Fall Gardening Super Buys!
Hurry! Sale items limited to stock on hand. Prices effective one week only.
Price depends on variety.
You'll find values to
$1.98!
from ................
Ready... Set... Plant...
Juniper
compare size, 10" to 12"minimum,
locally grown. Reg. price $1.98.
S ...... . . .
Blue Pfitzer Juniper
One gallon can, 8" to 10"
minimum, reg. $1.98.
All Heathers
Minimum 6" to 8", reg. 1.49.
Indoor Baskets
Many, many
varieties.
Reg• $6.95
to $8.95.
Rhododendrons
One gallon co.tainer, 6" to 8" minimum,
reg. $1•98. qWO GAL. lO"to 12" min.
Reg. $5.95 NOW $3.9.5.
Small House
Plants
r
in groun
left in the garden.
"They benefit," says Bearden,
"from the cool temperature, and
they won't dry out."
There are, however, possible
dangers and difficulties involved•
Worms may infest the product,
but they can be controlled by soil
applications of certain chemicals
in drench form.
Carrots may tend to sprout
roots, and most beets grow too.
large and become woody in
texture.
"Nantes carrots are the best,"
Bearden advises, "and the long,
cylindrical type of beet will stay
in the ground all winter and
remain always sweet and tender."
Bob Bearden cuts the tops of
his Jerusalem artichokes to a
height of one foot, leaving the
tubers in the ground. He leaves his
cabbage in the garden with a piece
of plastic protecting the heads
from water.
"Those whose gardens are
wet," he says, "might do better to
dig the vegetables and place them
on top of the ground in a dryer
area, mounding them over with
sawdust and covering the heap
with plastic."
Bob Bearden is employed as
custodian in the Shelton Post
Office.
11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Men's an
Boys' Cutting
in
Your Room
We use and recommend
EDKEN
acid-balanced organic protein products.
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from!
Values
to 69£
274" pot,
reg. 50t ca.
quality at this low price!
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experts own RCA...
More TV program directors,
TV station chief engineers,
senior TV cameramen and
independent TV service
technicians own RCA than
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q
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